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Hryhorij Lakota | |
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Born | Holodivka, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary | 31 January 1883
Died | 12 November 1950 Abezlag, near Vorkuta | (aged 67)
Venerated in | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church |
Beatified | 27 June 2001, Ukraine by Pope John Paul II |
Hryhoriy Lakota, also known as Gregor Lakota (Ukrainian: Григорій Лакота, Polish: Grzegorz Łakota; 31 January 1883 – 12 November 1950), was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic auxiliary bishop who suffered religious persecution and was martyred by the Soviet Union. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 27 June 2001 in Ukraine.[1]